7th April

…have started work on painting the back yard here and are then starting on the village itself as part of the regular ongoing four to five year repainting cycle on…

10th July

…seeing the ‘well behaved’ bit although I was dragged away at 7pm. Not since the last village fete or major staff party has there been so much ‘action’ around the…

1st November

…in Cornwall are tiny! 2019 – CHW Thick fog and drizzle today where you could scarcely see 100 yards especially in the village.Camellia ‘Noblissima’ has been out by the front…

15th July

…is an elderly village community who take isolation seriously. That put an end to all the planned entertaining and socialising completely so we have been cooped up (garden visits aside)…

12th January

…white markings seen in the village. blackbird This is a camellia gall at the tip of a twig and not a flower! camellia gall 2019 – CHW First flowers on…

4th July

…the boundary. Despite the heat the village is pleasantly free of ‘yachties’! 1928 – JCW The best pink discolor is good , the greater part of them have no buds….

16th June

Next Day >< Previous Day CONTRIBUTORS: FJW 1955-2007 CHW 2015- JCW 1897-1939 CW 1940-1955 2023 – CHW Back to Max Kendry’s garden in the lovely village of Loxley in preparation…

5th September

…a hedge in the village (Old Man’s Beard). Clematis vitalba Clematis vitalba Clematis vitalba Clematis vitalba The extension to the graveyard at St Michaels Caerhays is now fenced and ready…

17th June

…itself in a large well heeled village near RAF Benson. A gastro pub but with plenty of outside space for rather cheaper food offering from a secondary kitchen. A good…

29th December

…outside Malvern House in the village. Jasminum nudiflorum Rhododendron lutescens nearly fully out by Red Linney. Rhododendron lutescens First flowers on just one (as yet) of the larger Rhododendron ‘Winter…